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Copyrighted 1888, bv L. G. Yeaton. 



NESBITT & CO., PKINTEKS, N. Y, 



WHAT THE DAISIES TELL. 



nly a cluster of daisies I 
Wild flowers, simple and fair, 
at IS tl^ie ci}arm of tl^eir presence? 
Wnd wpat tpeir nnission ti^ene';;? 



Wl^en afler i\)e dreary winter, 

We feel \\)e warm breatl) of ^pnna, 

n ;v we welcome ev ry token 
yf tl^e eartf) s awakenina. 



^>\)e dainty delicate blossoms, 

(^\)e upsprinaina blade and leaf, 

(^>[q buddina vine and fruit tree, all 

Pair forms of i\)Q spnna-time brief. 



Wbile, brial^tenina field and \)\\\ slope, 

Witt) promise of summer bloom, 
^\)e modest, aolden-eyed daisies 

fe/ome fortl^ from tl^eir wintry tomb. 

(ji^\)ey live a^ain 1 Ti;en rise, sad l^eart, 

Qn victory o en despair, 
Oan Me wbo formed i\)e daisies 

Koraet tl^ee, or cease to care ? 



Pair flowers of early summer, 
^l^e messaae ye now unfold, 

fls more, in its deptl;? and sweetness, 
^l^an ti^e b^man l^eant can [^old. 



(^\)ere is love witl;)out a limit, 

Mnd tl;e Hatfjer s endless care, 
Llipbt, stren^il} and peace for i\)e journey. 



Oourage to do and to b 



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ear. 



Wf il^ese ve breatl^e, but we are dull, 

Kor list to wl)at ye say, 
3n beauty and simple fraarance 

rasslna from day to day. 



Wnly a cluster of daisies. 

Yet made by a iHas'ier-Hand, 

riedaed fo uppold and auide its own 
©afe l^ome to tl^e Hail^erland. 



Z. G. YEATON. 



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